Surface-Layer Protein A (SlpA) Is a Major Contributor to Host-Cell Adherence of Clostridium difficile

• Michelle M. Merrigan,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Anilrudh Venugopal,

  Affiliation St. John's Hospital and Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jennifer L. Roxas,

  Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Farhan Anwar,

  Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Michael J. Mallozzi,

  Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Bryan A. P. Roxas,

  Affiliation Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Dale N. Gerding,

  Affiliations Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• V. K. Viswanathan,

  Affiliations School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, The Bio5 Institute for Collaborative Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Gayatri Vedantam

  * E-mail: gayatri@email.arizona.edu

  Affiliations School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, The Bio5 Institute for Collaborative Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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